Beijing News Sports | Reporter Wang Xiaoxiao and Han Yue during the game. Image source: Badminton World Federation official Weibo The Malaysian Badminton Open ended in the second round in Kuala Lumpur on June 30. The Chinese team played a total of 11 games in this round and achie

Beijing News Sports | Reporter Wang Xiaoxiao

Han Yue in the game. Image source: Badminton World Federation official Weibo

The Malaysian Badminton Open ended the second round of competition in Kuala Lumpur on June 30. The Chinese team played a total of 11 games in this round and achieved 10 wins and 1 loss. Among them, women's singles player Han Yue tenaciously eliminated the No. 3 seed in the tournament and Korean rising star An Xiying 2-1, advancing to the top 8.

22-year-old Han Yue's performance this season has been mediocre. Except for the top 4 in the Indonesia Masters, he was eliminated in the first two rounds in all other competitions. He is currently ranked 23rd in the world. In the first round of this competition, she faced Kristofferson, a Danish player with a similar ranking. She also lost the first game before reversing her course and passed the "first round".

Han Yue has played against An Xiying three times before without winning, including this year's German Open and Guangzhou Masters. In this encounter, the famous Korean player took the advantage at the beginning and once led by 5 points. Han Yue tied the score in the middle of the game and fought with his opponent until the end of the game. Unfortunately, despite saving two game points, she still lost the first game 21-23.

However, Han Yue did not give up. In the second game, although she was overtaken by her opponent after leading by 7 points at the beginning, she played steadily and scored 4 points in a row when trailing 17-18 to regain the victory. In the deciding game, Han Yue did not let his opponent take the lead throughout the whole process, ending the 74-minute hard-fought battle with 21-16, and upset his rival.

In addition, two famous women's singles players Chen Yufei and Wang Zhiyi who won the first round of "Derby" also passed this round smoothly. The mixed doubles "double insurance" and 3 pairs of women's doubles teams also all advanced. Among them, the new combination Zheng Yu/ Zhang Shuxian defeated the host rising star 2-0 and eliminated Liu Xuanxuan/ Xia Yuting 's Chen Kangle/ Tina.

In men's doubles, He Jiting / Zhou Haodong were swept by the No. 3 seeds, Indonesian veteran combination Ahsan/Stiyawan, and National Feather suffered the only defeat of the day. Ou Xuanyi / Liu Yuchen defeated the host player Chen Jianming/ Chen Weiqiang 2-1 and advanced to the quarter-finals alone. The men's singles "lone seedling" Lu Guangzu defeated Chinese Taipei Wang Ziwei in straight games and successfully entered the top 8.